himself and Sani Audu went to Surveyor Akinyemi’s office but he was
not there; that he was told that he (Surveyor Akinyemi) has left that
office to Sintak Filling Station along Kuje Road; that he went there but
did not meet him; and they confirmed that Surveyor Akinyemi used to
come there but that he did not meet him.
Under cross-examination by Mrs. Jamila Shata of counsel for the
Prosecution, the accused person (DW1) stated that he is 36 years old. He
confirmed that he conducted a search at AMAC June 2010 but could not
remember the exact date; that he submitted the document in the
morning and returned the following day for collection, but he did not
know the name of the Secretary to the Zonal Manager – a woman. He
stated that he has known Surveyor Akinyemi for about 8-9 years; that he
was not given any written report of the search she conducted but that
the documents were released to him and that if it were not genuine
they would have ceased the documents and got him arrested. He
confirmed that Mrs. Janet was neither holding a gun over her his head
nor is she an army officer. He maintained he had collected land
documents from Surveyor Akinyemi more than 4 times and they have
jointly transacted business several times but he does not know why
Surveyor Akinyemi is evading him. He maintained that Sani Audi did not
tell him at anytime that the documents he gave to him were fake and
when he was invited to EFCC that Sani Audu did not ask him any
question at EFCC about the documents. He finally stated that when the
Investigating Officer told him that the documents he gave to Audu
Sanni were fake, he insisted that the documents were not fake
The DW2, Kayode Ajidahun stated that he is a property agent and that
he has known the accused person, who is also a property agent, for
about 6 years; and that he has also known one Surveyor Akinyemi who
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